SCHOOL NEWS debaters win top awards in national championship

Fairmont Edgewood Debate Team
From left: Sonali Narang, Lauren Lee, Amanda Madden

On Saturday, April 21, 27 middle school students from Orange County competed in the 10th annual Middle School Public Debate Program (MSPDP) National Championship. The MSPDP has leagues in locales across the country, including New York, New Orleans, Washington, San Francisco, and several in Southern California. Only 27 of the roughly 200 students from the MSPDP-affiliated Orange County Debate League (OCDL) earned the chance to compete in the National Championship.

We are very proud of our OCDL debaters. The students from Fairmont Anaheim Hills and Edgewood did a fantastic job. About 100 teams (300 bright students) came to participate in this event. As a group, the OCDL students won roughly 65% of their debates! Clearly, some of the BEST competition in middle school debate is right here in Orange County (and at Fairmont Private Schools)!


Team Awards

Anaheim Hills PPL (Kyle Patel, Nikasha Patel, Zeke Levin) 4th place

Anaheim Hills RTC (Nick Crosson, Sabrina Tawfik, Jack Renton) 15th place


Speaker Awards

Anaheim Hills - Zeke Levin 6th place

Edgewood - Lauren Lee 16th place

Anaheim Hills - Nikasha Patel 23rd place

Edgewood - Amanda Madden 24th place

Best in League (Given to the top performing school of each league)

Anaheim Hills

Contributed by Ben Hughes and Danyelle Knight, Fairmont Private Schools